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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • a0matte_odupute@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: matte odupute <matte_odupute@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: wnnrman@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:40:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: SEEKING EXECUTOR OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT


Dear Sir.

My name is Barrister Matte Odupute, an Attorney (Lawyer) to late Mr.Yarosla=
v Zojniuk.
I am writing to notify you of the TESTAMENT of my late client Mr.Yaroslav Z=
ojniuk, a Ukrainian who unfortunately lost his life in the Madrid Bomb Blas=
t on March 11, 2004, in Madrid-Spain.=20
=A0=20
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0PLEASE VISIT T=
HE BELOW SITE:=A0=20
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3500452.stm=20
=A0=20
The deceased (Mr.Yaroslav Zojniuk) was a prominent business man who travell=
ed Africa to Spain on business survey/holiday with his wife and their only =
daughter when they met their tragic death.=20


My client before his death made a deposit of Thirty Seven Million, Three Hu=
ndred Thousand United States Dollars (US$37,300,000.00) in his effort to se=
t up a business in Europe.=20
However, I am searching=A0 for a trust worthy person or the relatives of th=
e deceased regarding his deposit as the holding financial institution wants=
him to come forward for the endorsement of the re-investment documents.=20
=A0=20
This transaction is very confidential as I can re-draft his LAST WILL AND T=
ESTAMENT to bear your name as the TRUSTEE & EXECUTOR. This transaction shal=
l be executed under legitimate and legal procedures that will protect you f=
rom any breach of the Law.=20
It is in this regard that I decided to solicit your assistance, by presenti=
ng you as the Executor and Trustee (Next of Kin) to the deceased. Although,=
I have agreed on the following sharing ratios: 35% for your assistance and=
65% for me but this is still open for negotiation.=20


Kindly revert back to me urgently on your kind interest to lay claim of the=
deposit with your Name,Telephone and Fax numbers,Present contact address,O=
ccupation and Country of Residence for more information on how to release t=
he inheritance sum via this email address:=A0matte_odupute@yahoo.com.=A0
=A0=20
Regards,=20
Matte Odupute (Barrister).
Attorney At Law.=0A=0A=0A

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